From Publishers Weekly
Anderson, not to be confused with actress-model Pamela, continues her Perfect Recipe series (The Perfect Recipe, Perfect Recipes for Having People Over) with a voluminous assortment of healthy, tasty recipes. Though at times overly verbose, Anderson’s approach to crafting meals is smart and accessible, especially for newcomers intimidated by cooking. Once cooks have mastered basic recipes for soups, omelets, cookies or creamy pasta (“Alfredo sauce for everyone”), Anderson provides a myriad of simple but delicious variations to stave off boredom, build confidence and develop discipline. However, she’s hardly a culinary taskmaster: dieters are encouraged to snack on healthy treats like Lemon Pistachio Co…
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2 replies on “The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great”
I have been a huge fan of Pam Anderson’s other “Perfect” cookbooks. Especially “Perfect Recipes for Having People Over,” and “How to Cook Without a Book.” She is just a great chef and writer. Her insight is always invaluable. However, it is not really practical for me (or anyone) to eat most of these foods on a daily basis because many of them are high in fat and calories.
In her new book, Pam shows you how you can eat really good food, but cook recipes that are not to caloric or fat laden. The recipes are really do-able for everyday cooking and eating, even if you have a busy schedule. And, in typical Pam fashion, she gives variations on almost every recipe to suit your tastebuds and the ingredients you have on hand. A calorie count is also given for every recipe.
Just as valuable as the recipes, is the information Pam gives you about how she lost almost 50 pounds. Her biggest tip is that she changed her lifestyle. She added exercise and created kind of a meal plan and guidelines that she feels (and I feel) are liveable. She has a nice breakfast, a nice lunch, teatime with a sweet, a before dinner “nibble” with a glass of wine and a reasonable dinner. And the truth is, if you eat like this day in-day out, you will slowly lose weight (or stay the same). What makes most of us gain weight is the over-indulgent stuff, eating too much on a daily basis, and constant yo-yo dieting.
I am not doing her writing justice, please get it and read it. I am so excited to implement her strategies and recipes in to my life. I love to cook, and I love to eat, but I hate being fat!
Edited to add: I have been cooking from this book all week and love, love, love it. Rare to find a cookbook that you can instantly cook so many recipes out of it right away. These are recipes for everyday living.
I bought this book because I’ve been a fan of Pam Anderson’s for a long time. Many of her recipes have become staples in my household. Ever since I found out that she’d lost a considerable amount of weight, I’ve been waiting for her to write a book about it. She has, and the recipes look so delicious that it’s hard to believe they are weight-loss fare. Indeed some of the 500+ calorie pastas really are not, unless you plan the rest of the day accordingly.
And that is the main problem with the book: There is no plan to follow. Given that, I wish she’d included the standard nutritional info, such as protein, fat, carbs, and fiber, along with the calories to help readers create their own plan using the recipes.
The key to the book is in the title. The recipe for losing weight is exercise, and the actual food recipes are for eating great. The problem is, if you choose her breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes on the higher calorie end, you will not lose weight unless you engage in the hour or so of running every day that she prescribes. To maintain her weight loss, she says she’s cut her runs down to 45 minutes a day.
I don’t think this book will be useful to very many as a weight-loss book, unless you stick to the lower calorie recipes and don’t go for all the extras and add-ins that are Anderson’s trademarks. I think the recipes are probably most helpful for maintaining weight loss. And I’m sure it is very a delicious way to do so.